Police Officer Involved Domestic Violence.
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SC POLICE OFFICER CHARGED WITH HITTING GIRLFRIEND
WBTV
Feb 8, 2010
A South Carolina police officer has been arrested and accused of hitting his girlfriend with a can of beer... Cowpens police officer Carl Preston Clark was arrested early Saturday and charged with criminal domestic violence. An arrest warrant states Clark struck his 39-year-old girlfriend in the chest with a can of beer. She walked to the police department and said struck her and called her names... [Full article here]

COWPENS OFFICER CHARGED WITH ASSAULTING GIRLFRIEND
Spartanburg Herald JournalCraig Peters
February 7, 2010
A Cowpens police officer was arrested early Saturday after he was accused of hitting his girlfriend with a "loaded" beer can... An arrest warrant states Clark caused "physical harm and injury to" his 39-year-old girlfriend "by hitting her in her left breast with a loaded can of beer, under circumstances that reasonably created fear of imminent peril to the victim." The victim said she walked to the nearby Cowpens Police Department after a disturbance at a Cemetery Street residence. The victim said she wanted Clark removed from the residence because he was calling her names and threw a beer at her, hitting her in the chest... Clark was booked at the Spartanburg County jail about 5:45 a.m. on Saturday and released about 2:25 p.m. on Saturday on $2,130 bond. [Full article here] [police officer involved domestic violence oidv intimate partner violence (IPV) abuse law enforcement public safety state of south carolina]